Art of the Italian Renaissance - ARTH 232 - Borja

Volume 4 covers the Renaissance period. The sections on Architecture and Visual Arts may be helpful.

Pages 120-123 give a concise overview of 1300-1500 Italy.

Writing about art -- Writing about art : the big picture -- Formal analysis and style -- Analytic thinking -- Writing a comparison -- Writing an entry in an exhibition catalog -- Writing a review of an exhibition -- Virtual exhibitions : writing text panels and other materials -- How to write an effective essay -- Style in writing -- Art-historical research -- Some critical approaches -- Writing a research paper -- Manuscript form -- Writing essay examinations

Table of Contents: Leon Battista Alberti, 1404-1472 -- Filippo Brunelleschi, 1377-1446 -- Donatello (Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi), 1386-1466 -- Fra,Filippo di Tommaso Lippi, c. 1406-1469 -- Giotto di Bondone, c. 1266/7-1337 -- Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519
Andrea Mantegna, c. 1431-1506 -- Masaccio, 1401-1428 -- Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564 -- Raphael (Raffaello Santi or Sanzio), 1483-1520

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Renaissance Art contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on artists from Italy, Flanders, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and Portugal, historical figures and events that impacted the production of Renaissance art.